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11. And not the first time for John Lewis

John Lewis first visited the White House and President John Kennedy in 1963 as a 23-year-old son of sharecroppers intent on changing the world.

He would go on to help do just that — at sit-ins in Nashville, at bus stops in Rock Hill, S.C. and on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Alabama, when he was nearly beaten to death by police on a fateful, hate-filled day that changed the course of the civil rights movement and later became known as Bloody Sunday.

Nearly 50 years later, Lewis — now Rep. Lewis of Atlanta — was back at the White House on Tuesday as recipient of the presidential Medal of Freedom.

“When parents teach their children what is meant by courage, the story of John Lewis will come to mind,” President Barack Obama said in presenting Lewis with the nation’s highest civilian honor for his work as a civil rights leader who promoted nonviolent protests.

http://spfaust.wordpress.com/2011/02/16/rep-john-lewis-dga-awarded-presidential-medal-of-freedom/



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